Croatian Translation and Validation of the Mind-Wandering Questionnaire (MWQ)

• Published in: Psihologijske teme Vol. 29; no. 3; pp. 545 - 559
• Main Authors: Perković Kovačević, Marina, Ćurković, Mario, Gorjanski, Dražen, Matić, Ivon
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Rijeka Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences 01.12.2020; University of Rijeka
• Subjects: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Creativity; croatian translation of the mwq; Emotions; Learning; mind-wandering; Public speaking; Questionnaires; Students; validation; Validity
• ISSN: 1332-0742; 1849-0395
• DOI: 10.31820/pt.29.3.4

This research aimed to translate and validate the Mind-Wandering Questionnaire (MWQ) to the Croatian language, and to provide preliminary data on its reliability, factor structure and convergent validity in a sample of Croatian students. After translation and adaptation, the Croatian version of the MWQ was administered to 451 eight-grade elementary school students (239 female and 212 male participants). With the MWQ, we administered the Emotional Skills and Competence Questionnaire (ESCQ-45). Results show high internal consistency of the Croatian translation of the MWQ. Confirmatory factor analysis supports an unidimensional model. Convergent validity was supported by a significant negative correlation between MWQ and Emotional Skills and Competence Questionnaire. We propose further investigation of psychometric properties of the Croatian translation of the MWQ and investigating test-retest reliability as well as discriminant validity of the Questionnaire. Cilj je ovoga istraživanja bio prijevod i validacija Upitnika lutanja uma (engl. Mind Wandering Questionnaire, MWQ) na hrvatski jezik te predstavljanje preliminarnih podataka o njegovoj pouzdanosti, strukturi i konvergentnoj valjanosti na uzorku hrvatskih učenika. Nakon prevođenja i prilagodbe hrvatski je prijevod MWQ-a primijenjen na 451 učeniku osmih razreda osnovne škole (239 djevojčica i 212 dječaka). Usporedno s MWQ-om primijenjen je i Upitnik emocionalne kompetentnosti (ESCQ-45). Rezultati pokazuju visoku pouzdanost hrvatskoga prijevoda MWQ-a, dok je konfirmatornom faktorskom analizom potvrđen jednodimenzionalni model. Značajna negativna korelacija MWQ-a i Upitnika emocionalne kompetentnosti upućuje na dobru konvergentnu valjanost hrvatskoga prijevoda upitnika. Daljnjim istraživanjima potrebno je dodatno provjeriti psihometrijska svojstva hrvatskoga prijevoda MWQ-a, posebno test-retest pouzdanost te diskriminantnu valjanost upitnika.